Recreate Adele's “Hello” music video look

Adele’s “Hello” single from her latest album “25” has broken several records such as shortest time to attain 100 million Vevo views, and the shortest time to reach 1 billion YouTube views (only 88 days!).

The song itself is pretty strong, and the music video directed by Canadian actor and director Xavier Dolan also gained a lot of attention. It is the first music video filmed with an IMAX camera, and the special sepia-toned color of also creates a unique look.

There are many viral videos on YouTube adopting this look, such as this one from Ellen Degeneres’s YouTube channel.

In this tutorial, we will show you how to create the sepia-toned look in Adele’s “Hello” music video.

First, we will take a look at the basic tones and colors in this video. Overall its saturation is low, and mainly composed of dark green and khaki colors. The edges of the video are slightly out-of-focus and blurred, which highlights the main character – Adele—in the video.

We will use ColorDirector to adjust the color.

Step 1: Import Video to ColorDirector

Launch ColorDirector, drag and drop your video into ColorDirector’s video library. Mouse over it and click on the “+” sign to add it to the storyboard.

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